Chandra Bhanu Gupta
3rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office
26 February 1969 – 18 February 1970
Preceded byPresident's rule
Succeeded byCharan Singh
In office
14 March 1967 – 3 April 1967
Preceded bySucheta Kriplani
Succeeded byCharan Singh
In office
7 December 1960 – 2 October 1963
Preceded bySampurnanand
Succeeded bySucheta Kriplani
Personal details
Born(1902-07-14)14 July 1902
Atrauli, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died11 March 1980(1980-03-11) (aged 77)
New Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress

Chandra Bhanu Gupta (14 July 1902[1] – 11 March 1980[2]) served three terms as chief minister of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. In 1970s he was a member of Congress (O) and Janata Party.

Early life

He was born in Atrauli, Aligarh district in 1902. Gupta joined the Indian independence movement at 17, when he took part in anti-Rowlatt Bill demonstrations in Sitapur.[3] He was elected President of Congress Party for Lucknow in 1929.[3]

Social contribution

Gupta was the main force behind the Motilal Nehru Memorial Society, which set up various educational, social welfare and cultural centres in Lucknow. These include Ravindralaya, Children Museum, Bal Vidya Mandir, Acharya Narendra Dev Hostel, Homeopathic Hospital, a number of Degree Colleges and a Public Library in Lucknow.[4] Actively advised by Nirmal Chandra Chaturvedi, he introduced a number of schemes for social, cultural and educational development of the city.

Electoral politics

Chandra Bhanu Gupta won UP assembly election from Lucknow City East in 1952, defeating his Jana Sangh rival. But in 1957 he lost from the same seat to Triloki Singh of Socialist Party. Later he became Chief Minister during that assembly's five-year run. He might have won a bypoll or become MLC. In 1962 he became MLA from Ranikhet South seat. In 1967 and 1969 elections, he was elected from Ranikhet assembly seat. In 1970, he supported Tribhuvan Narayan Singh's bid to become CM of Uttar Pradesh as a member of Congress (O), but the government did not last long.[5]

Chandra Bhanu Gupta's government in 1967 lasted only for 19 days as Charan Singh defected from Congress party with his 16 MLAs.[6] Charan Singh was elected as leader of Samyukta Vidhayak Dal (SVD), the coalition of non-Congress parties.[6] Charan Singh became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh on 3 April 1967.[7][8] On 24 July 1967, Gupta moved a no-confidence motion against the government, but the government survived.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Kesarwani.net".
  2. ↑ "Indian states after 1947 M-W". Rulers.org. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 "The Sunday Tribune - Books". Tribuneindia.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Lila Dhar (2009). Bhartiya Charit Kosh. Sharma Rajpal & Sons. ISBN 9788174831002. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Central leaders trying to find a replacement for UP Chief Minister Ram Naresh Yadav". India Today. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  6. 1 2 Brass, Paul R. (2014). An Indian Political Life: Charan Singh and Congress Politics, 1967 to 1987 - Vol.3 (The Politics of Northern India). SAGE India. pp. 24–29. ISBN 978-9351500322.
  7. 1 2 "Chaudhary Charan Singh, India's 6th PM, first non-Congress CM of UP". The Indian Express. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Explained: Jats and the BJP in Uttar Pradesh". The Indian Express. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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